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The SPT-3G experiment on the 10-meter South Pole Telescope (SPT) is seeking two winter-over scientists for the 2027 Austral winter season.  The SPT Winter-Over will be a member of a two-person crew located at the NSF Amundsen-Scott South Pole research station in Antarctica. The crew will be responsible for the hands-on maintenance and operation of the SPT telescope and SPT-3G camera, which has 16,000 transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers with frequency bands at 95, 150, and 220 GHz. The winterover team will participate in the preliminarily analysis of SPT-3G data, including on-site map-making and astronomical transient detection alerts, participate in coordinated world-wide observations with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) receiver on the SPT, and will be an integral member of the SPT collaboration.

A continuous stay at the South Pole, lasting approximately eleven months, is required. The candidates will be members of a small community at the South Pole Station that will be isolated for eight months.  During this time, community members participate in a wide range of activities including fire or trauma team, kitchen tasks, general cleaning, and station opening and closing duties. The candidates need to be physically qualified to work at polar and high altitude sites for roughly one year. The successful candidates will attend the NSF contractor orientation program and will be expected to pass physical and psychological evaluations required by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs.